Focused research on the global home networks ecosystem and connectivity within the home for both service provider and retail market segments. Covers cable, DSL, FTTH, and Fixed LTE consumer premise equipment (CPE), with regional and country level data, as well as Wi-Fi, voice, and different access technologies.

Each year IHS Markit surveys service providers, in order to find out which companies they view as the leaders of the optical equipment market. The survey also explores their perceptions of vendors in key decision metrics, like pricing, total cost of ownership, technology innovation, research-and-development (R&D) investment, and product reliability.

22 percent of automotive manufacturers surveyed by IHS Markit had already adopted some transformative technologies in their companies; 31 percent indicated transformative technologies are already used widely in their factories.

Competition has slowed for LED lighting component suppliers over the past two years, as global LED production capacity reached its peak. This slow-down has forced suppliers to determine the best way to digest the huge production capacity, while minimizing any possible harm to the industry.

Most automakers today have either kept their telematics service management in-house, or integrated it into their organization at a corporate level. However, the connected car market is changing rapidly, which is presenting exciting new opportunities for merchant-market connected-car platform vendors – enabling beneficial new service possibilities for drivers and passengers, alike.

The global annual unit shipment of wireless power receivers and transmitters, across all applications, sectors and product segments, is forecast to grow from 450 million units in 2017 to more than 2.2 billion units in 2023 – rising to 7.5 billion units in 2027.

Polarizer production capacity and demand is expected to increase, as investment in large LCD fabs increases. Global polarizer supply should be balanced with demand well until 2022, but there are growing concerns polarizer sub-films could grow much more slowly than the growth in polarizer supply.

IHS Markit has now added data for digital and 3D screen totals at Q3 2018 for all territories and regions tracked by Cinema Intelligence, including three new territories of Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Peru.

The global industrial automation equipment (IAE) market was estimated at USD 202.2 billion in 2017, and it is projected to grow by 3.8% in 2018 to USD 209.8 billion and by 4% in 2019 to USD 218.2 billion. In general, the machines are becoming more automated, this growth is specifically driven by rising industrial production, a strong global economy, growing machinery production, and capital expenditure.

The LV MCC market is estimated to have been worth $3.08 billion in 2016, up 2.2% Y/Y. Growth has been most pronounced in EMEA and Asia Pacific, while the Americas market has shrunk. As a result, the LV MCC market is forecast to be worth $3.54 billion by 2021 with an overall CAGR of 2.8%.

The top 10 access management companies accounted for 38.8% of total global revenues in 2016. In contrast, the top 10 identity governance and administration companies accounted for 45.8% of total global revenues in 2016.

Leading solar inverter supplier SolarEdge announced on May 9, 2018, its intention to acquire Gamatronic, a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. This move is a clear indication of SolarEdge’s plans to diversify its business outside of solar, and to expand into new large revenue industries with potential for disruption. This asset purchase agreement will enable SolarEdge to build a presence in the UPS market, which will reach nearly $8 billion globally in 2018.

In late April of this year, T-Mobile US announced plans to merge with its domestic competitor, Sprint Corporation. This is the third time a merger between the third- and fourth-largest US wireless service providers has been proposed. Last year’s deal attempt ended due to a dispute over who would control the combined business entity.